Exceptional Results
This page provides details of a selection of works of art which achieved exceptional results in our past auctions. Select an artwork below for further details. All posted results include Buyer's Premium.
FRANCES ANNE HOPKINS
Voyageurs Encampment (Camp Scene on the Ottawa)
oil on canvas
signed with initials and dated 1867 lower right
15 x 26.25 ins ( 38.1 x 66.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00
Price Realized $552,000.00
Sale date: December 1st 2022
JEAN PAUL RIOPELLE
Sans titre, 1953
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1953 lower right; catalogue raisonne no. 1953.058H.1953
28.5 x 21 ins ( 72.4 x 53.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $500,000.00 - $700,000.00
Price Realized $552,000.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023
FRANKLIN CARMICHAEL
Old Orchard
oil on board
signed and dated 1940 lower right; signed with insignia, dated 1940 and inscribed “16” on the reverse
30 x 36 ins ( 76.2 x 91.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $500,000.00 - $700,000.00
Price Realized $475,000.00
Sale date: June 12th 2017
DAVID BROWN MILNE
Outlet of the Pond, Late Afternoon, 1926
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1926 upper right; titled on the exhibition label on the reverse; titled and dated “Landscape, Temagami Period, 1928” on the gallery label on the reverse; Milne catalogue raisonné no. 207.80
18.25 x 22 ins ( 46.4 x 55.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00
Price Realized $528,000.00
Sale date: December 6th 2023
JACK HAMILTON BUSH
Purple, Lime, Brown
oil on canvas
titled and dated “1965 March” on the reverse
72 x 69 ins ( 182.9 x 175.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $350,000.00 - $550,000.00
Price Realized $432,000.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2021
JEAN PAUL RIOPELLE
Sans titre (circa 1959)
oil on canvas
inscribed “24” on the reverse; catalogue raisonne #1959.053H.V1959
34 x 39 ins ( 86.4 x 99.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300,000.00 - $500,000.00
Price Realized $504,000.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2021
ARTHUR LISMER
Ragged Lake, Algonquin Park, 1914
oil on canvas
signed on a section of the original frame lower right; inscribed “JJIVAUGHAN” on the reverse; titled and dated circa 1914 on a label on the reverse
30 x 22 ins ( 76.2 x 55.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $250,000.00 - $350,000.00
Price Realized $504,000.00
Sale date: December 6th 2023
LAWREN STEWART HARRIS
Untitled (Abstract Painting #173), circa 1958
oil on canvas
numbered 173 upon the “Lawren Harris LSH Holdings Ltd.” stamp on the reverse and inscribed (twice) “F106”
65 x 42 in ( 165.1 x 106.7 cm )
Auction Estimate: $300,000.00 - $400,000.00
Price Realized $504,000.00
Sale date: May 30th 2024
ALFRED JOSEPH CASSON
Thunderstorm (1933)
oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed and titled on the artist’s label on the stretcher
30 x 36 ins ( 76.2 x 91.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300,000.00 - $400,000.00
Price Realized $480,000.00
Sale date: December 1st 2022
DAVID BROWN MILNE
The Black Couch, 1914
oil on canvas
inscribed “David Milne: The Black Couch (1914)” on the stretcher; Milne catalogue raisonné no.105.101
20 x 22 ins ( 50.8 x 55.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300,000.00 - $400,000.00
Price Realized $480,000.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023
WILLIAM KURELEK
Hot Day in Kensington Market
mixed media on board
signed with monogram and dated 1972 lower right; titled and inscribed “from ‘Toronto’ series” on the reverse of the framing
24 x 30 ins ( 61 x 76.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $150,000.00 - $200,000.00
Price Realized $472,000.00
Sale date: May 29th 2018
FERNANDO BOTERO
The Kitchen
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1994 lower right; titled and dated on a gallery label on the frame on the reverse
39.75 x 48.5 ins ( 101 x 123.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $350,000.00 - $450,000.00
Price Realized $468,000.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023
ARTHUR LISMER
A September Gale, Georgian Bay, 1921
oil on wood
signed and dated 1921 lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
11.5 x 16 ins ( 29.2 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $100,000.00 - $150,000.00
Price Realized $432,000.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023
SAYED HAIDER RAZA
L’église du village
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1958 upper right; inscribed “182” twice on the stretcher; titled on a gallery label on the frame on the reverse
21.5 x 18 in ( 54.6 x 45.7 cm )
Auction Estimate: $150,000.00 - $200,000.00
Price Realized $432,000.00
Sale date: May 30th 2024
JAMES WILSON MORRICE
Study for “Neige, Canada”
oil on board
signed lower left
9.25 x 13 ins ( 23.5 x 33 cms )
Auction Estimate: $50,000.00 - $70,000.00
Price Realized $408,000.00
Sale date: December 1st 2022
Previous Auctions
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- Select Masterworks of Canadian & International Art
- Sale Closed: May 28, 2025
- British & Continental Artworks (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 13, 2025
- En plein air (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 13, 2025
- The Chaki Collection: A Collector’s Dialogue (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 13, 2025
- Past and Present: International Art from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- The Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 22, 2025
- International Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- The Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- Celebrating Women Artists (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- In the Eye of the Beholder: Photographs from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 25, 2025
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Artwork from the Estate of Jaan Poldaas (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Three Dimensions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Abstract vs. Figural: Prints from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- A Modern Eye: Canadian Art from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Drawn to Places: Landscapes on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- The Artwork of Sir Frederick Banting (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- The Academy (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- Select Canadian Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Holiday Sale (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Photography from the Collection of Salah Bachir (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art
- Sale Closed: November 27, 2024
- Art Gallery of Hamilton (Auction of Donated Works for Fundraising) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- British & Continental Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- The Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- First Nations & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- Canadian Abstraction (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)_
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- Modern & Contemporary International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- The Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- Capture (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- The Group of Seven & Their Associates (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- Picasso & His Contemporaries (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- International Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- Mousseau and Friends (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
- En plein air (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
- Three Dimensions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- Canadian Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- The Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- The Grand Tour (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- British & Continental Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- First Nations & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- Works from the Estate of William Ronald (Part II) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- The Artwork of Sir Frederick Banting (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- Spring Live Auction (Session 1 & 2)
- Sale Closed: May 30, 2024
- Modern & Contemporary International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- The Group of Seven (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- Works from the Estate of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- The Artwork of David Blackwood (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- Capture (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- Modern Forms (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- The Academy (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- International Prints, Multiples & Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
- Celebrating Women Artists (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
- La belle province (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
- Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
- Art Gallery of Hamilton (Auction of Donated Artwork for Fundraising) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
- Coast to Coast (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- En plein air (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- Watercolours & Drawings (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- Canadian Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
- 20th Century Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
- The Academy (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
- Inuit & First Nations Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
- The Collection of Joe & Anita Robertson (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 12, 2023
- Bidding in a Winter Wonderland (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 12, 2023
- An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art (Session 2)
- Sale Closed: December 6, 2023
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- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art (Session 1)
- Sale Closed: December 6, 2023
- Modern & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- British & Continental Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- Toronto: Represented and Abstracted (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- Auction to Benefit NSCAD (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- Artwork from a Private Collection (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 10, 2023
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